Madonna Passes Bruce Springsteen’s Historic Chart Record
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As Confessions II debuts at No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Charts Company, Madonna passes Bruce Springsteen and ties Elvis Presley's record on the ranking.
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Returning to the Warner fold, the label family that operated Sire during her early years, and then released her output through 2008, Madonna has released her most accomplished album in years with “Confessions II.
Madonna’s “Confessions II,” her first new album in seven years, found an appreciative audience awaiting her return. The album bowed with 134,000 equivalent album units, more than enough to push her past the still highly successful Olivia Rodrigo record to land on top of the Billboard 200 album chart…
2026 is shaping up to be the year when legacy artists decided not to gracefully vanish. Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones released some of their best late-era albums. Bruce Springsteen barnstormed the country, fired up on his anti-Trump Land of Hope and Dreams tour.
As Confessions II debuts at No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Charts Company, Madonna passes Bruce Springsteen and ties Elvis Presley's record on the ranking.
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